Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition cover art

Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition

Tests build progression and open-world routing over lenient action combat.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    4/10

    Warp-strike and dodge timing matter but combat is forgiving

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    0/10

    Enemies follow fixed behaviours, no adaptation

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Open-world discoveries are unknown until explored

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    6/10

    Gear, Ascension grid and elemancy crafting drive power

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2018
Developer
Square Enix
Franchise
Final Fantasy
Platforms
PS4, XONE
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB critics
73/100
IGDB users
78/100
Role-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureActionFantasyScience fictionSurvivalSandboxOpen world